Method of planting seed



Patented Nov. 8`, |898.

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I. J. JENKINS.

METHOD 0F PLANTINE SEED.

(Application Hld Jan. 21, 1898,)

No. s|4,oo2.

@im Modem UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC J. JENKINS, OF EL PASO, ILLINOIS.

' METHOD OFv PLANTING SEED.

SPECIFICATION forming part' of Letters Patent No. 614,002, dated November 8, 1898.

Application filed J annary 21, 1898. Serial No. 667.423. (No model.)

To au whom i12-may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAc J. JENKINS, of El Paso, in the county of Woodford and State of Illinois, have invented anew and Improved Method of Planting Seed, of which the follow-' ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates toan improved method of planting seed; and the objects of the inven certain piece of ground, thereby avoiding the purchase of more seed than is necessary, which frequently happens under the usual system of planting. g,

A further object of the invention is to prepare the seed in such a manner that'each seed that is good will come up in the place determined upon for its appearance, and whereby,

also, previous to planting the seed may be arranged to produce plants in a predetermined order.

The invention consists in securing seed within a tubular casing consisting of a fabric of loose mesh, ihe seed being arranged in the order in which it is desired that the plants shall appearand held in the desired .position by the elasticity of the fabric, the tubular casing thus prepared being planted in any approved'manner. l

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawin gs, forming a part of, this specification, in which' similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure 1 is a sectional view .through a single strip of fabric, illustrating the seed as at- Fig. 2 is a sectional view through two connected strips of fabric, the s eed being placed betweenthe strips. Fig. 3

` illustrates a tubular strip of fabric, partly in side elevation and partly in section, and the seed contained therein; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of a strip of fabric, illustrating the seed placed thereon to form designs. v

In carrying out the invention, in Fig. 1 a

single strip of fabric A is provided of any dev sired length, upon which the seed 10 are secured by gluing the seed thereto, cementing or otherwise fastening the seed to the strip.v

In Fig.v 2 two strips A' and A2 are employed, the two strips being attached together in such a manner as to form pockets 11 at predetermined intervals,and the seed 10 are contained Within the pockets.

In Fig. 3 the strip A3, adapted to be planted, is a tubular casing of woven material, the

Weave being quite loose, and at predeter= l on a single strip A4 of fabric to form designs y of predetermined contour, or the seed may be grouped in designs between sheets. Large sheets, as shown in Fig. 4., could not be planted advantageously in furrows and must bevlaid where Wanted and covered with earth.

I desire it to be understood that the liber or fabric employed may be paper, cotton, wool, linen,or of any other desired character, and that the shape of the strips may be that of a-tape or string, or-they may be fiat or braided or of any cross-sectional contour.

The strips containingA the seed are planted in furrows, and the seed and strips are covered in the usual manner.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent- A tubular casing consisting of a fabric of yloose mesh, and seed arranged within said tu- ISAAC J. JENKINS.

Witnesses:

FRANK B. STELL, LEWIS K. EVANS. 

